The Hidden Hand : Britain, America, and Cold War Secret Intelligence Mountaineers Books Peter Muhlhausler

Peter Muhlhausler

of an unforgiving time

Getting it wrong has never been more fun

what it does

and focus -- which bring structure to the task of strategic positioning

The Hidden Hand : Britain, America, and Cold War Secret Intelligence Mountaineers Books Peter MuhlhauslerParanoia with respect to Russia raged in the wake of World War II, just as Churchill had fear of a "nuclear Pearl Harbor" and the growing challenge of political stability in Europe gripped the Western world. The advent of new and terrifying weapons of war and annihilation atomic bombs, biological and chemical weapons, and intercontinental missiles contributed to a pervasive atmosphere of menace in the US, Britain, and all the countries of Western